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lance armstrong's 11th hour decision to testify under oath in his doping scandal. >> his last-minute move last night and the multimillion dollar lawsuit he faces today. it's thursday, february 7th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm diana perez. we'll hear all about the last-minute legal maneuvers and what it means for lance armstrong in our top story. this is something we were definitely not expecting. >> no. he's had a remarkable last few weeks. first the big admission with oprah. and now apparently he was petrified when news broke this could turn criminal. now a very different change in tune for mr. armstrong. >> so we'll delve into that. >>> also this morning, the worst winter storm in years is about to threaten major airline hubs and millions of people, from chicago to the northeast. accuweather is tracking all of it. >> it is wintertime, folks. here we go. you and i share a strong loathing of cold weather. i know you're a new york girl. >> quite a disdain for it. not a fan of the cold. and not a fan of people who l
lance armstrong's 11th hour decision to testify under oath in his doping scandal. >> his last-minute move last night and the multimillion dollar lawsuit he faces today. it's thursday, february 7th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm diana perez. we'll hear all about the last-minute legal maneuvers and what it means for lance armstrong in our top story. this is something we were definitely not...
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that lance armstrong did not want to be a participant in any dealmaking. and he got scared. >> reporter: coming clean to authorities isn't like talking to oprah. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> reporter: armstrong will have to do what he's fought hard to avoid. testifying under oath with perjury charges at stake. the testimony could take days and will require armstrong to provide substantial assistance to investigators. meaning, he must name names, who helped him get the drugs. who helped him hide and transport them. pass the drug tests and keep the secret hidden for so long. he'll essentially have to roll over on people he seemed interested in protecting. >> planet armstrong is a dark and lonely place right now. he's got major problems. >> reporter: a pile of civil lawsuits are active, as well. including a class-action suit by people who bought armstrong's best-selling books. defendants knew or should have known these were fiction. u.s. doping authorities have given armstrong a two-week window to come
that lance armstrong did not want to be a participant in any dealmaking. and he got scared. >> reporter: coming clean to authorities isn't like talking to oprah. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> reporter: armstrong will have to do what he's fought hard to avoid. testifying under oath with perjury charges at stake. the testimony could take days and will require armstrong to provide substantial assistance to...
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i'm terminating yours. >>> a bombshell in the lance armstrong scandal now. he is reversing course and is now expected to come clean, under oath, to anti-doping authorities. armstrong had until yesterday to testify about using illegal drugs during his cycling career. but authorities have now given him a two-week extension. his testimony means his lifetime ban from sports could be reduced to just eight years. but his legal problems are far from over. a promotions company is suing him today for $12 million. >>> and singer, chris brown, made a brief court appearance in a. l.a., amid questions about whether he performed required community service. and sitting nearby, none other than rihanna, who brown was accused of assaulting in 2009. she blew him a kiss. his lawyers say -- claims that brown never finished his community service are dead wrong. >>> and medical news this morning. a staggering statistic here. a new report predicts the number of alzheimer's cases in the u.s. will triple by the year 2050, with nearly 14 million patients expected, as the baby-boomer g
i'm terminating yours. >>> a bombshell in the lance armstrong scandal now. he is reversing course and is now expected to come clean, under oath, to anti-doping authorities. armstrong had until yesterday to testify about using illegal drugs during his cycling career. but authorities have now given him a two-week extension. his testimony means his lifetime ban from sports could be reduced to just eight years. but his legal problems are far from over. a promotions company is suing him...
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. >>> and now, a new twist in the lance armstrong saga, stripped of his medals, confessing to oprah. and tonight, word that criminal charges hang in the balance. it's an abc news exclusive, and abc's neal karlinsky, who first broke this story, tells us what's looming. >> reporter: tonight, abc news has learned lance armstrong -- last seen publicly with his girlfriend and family boarding a plane in hawaii -- is in the crosshairs of federal criminal investigators. according to a high level source, agents are actively investigating armstrong for obstruction, witness tampering, and intimidation, for allegedly threatening people who dared tell the truth about his cheating. a case reignited by his recent confession to oprah. >> i didn't invent the culture. but i didn't try to stop the culture. >> reporter: if charges are ultimately filed, the consequences could be severe. >> these are serious potential crimes. you talking about possible sentences of up to five, ten years, if convicted. >> reporter: and tonight, one more harsh deadline. he must tell all under oath to anti-doping authorities
. >>> and now, a new twist in the lance armstrong saga, stripped of his medals, confessing to oprah. and tonight, word that criminal charges hang in the balance. it's an abc news exclusive, and abc's neal karlinsky, who first broke this story, tells us what's looming. >> reporter: tonight, abc news has learned lance armstrong -- last seen publicly with his girlfriend and family boarding a plane in hawaii -- is in the crosshairs of federal criminal investigators. according to a...
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a new confession that they say is going to blow manti and even lance armstrong out of the water. >> next week on "katie," parking lot security guard, guillermo. in his first televised interview since the scandal. >> you thought you had a friendship with a real chihuahua. >> that is correct, ms. katie couric. >> but was it a real chihuahua? >> no, it was a mix of a chihuahua and a poodle. >> so it was a chipoodle. >> it was. it was a chi-poodle. >> and later, the question everyone wants answered. >> guillermo, are you gay? >> no. no. no. >> exclusively on "katie." [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: and one more item. it is thursday night, it's time for our weekly tribute to the fcc where we bleep and blur thing where is they need it or not. it is "this week in unnecessary censorship." >> washington is abuzz about last night's "60 minutes" where they saw president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton [ bleep ]. >> we're going to [ bleep ] each other hard. >> all i'm thinking is i want to [ bleep ] this gimpl. >> she was a hit at the golden globes and now amy poehler has [ bleep ]. >
a new confession that they say is going to blow manti and even lance armstrong out of the water. >> next week on "katie," parking lot security guard, guillermo. in his first televised interview since the scandal. >> you thought you had a friendship with a real chihuahua. >> that is correct, ms. katie couric. >> but was it a real chihuahua? >> no, it was a mix of a chihuahua and a poodle. >> so it was a chipoodle. >> it was. it was a...
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armstrong out of the water. >> next week on "katie," parking lot security guard guillermo in his first televised interview since the scandal. >> you thought you had a friendship with a real chihuahua. >> that is correct, ms. katie couric. >> but was it a real chihuahua? >> no, it was a mix. of a chihuahua and a poodle. >> so it was a chi-poodle. >> it was. it was a chi-poodle. >> and later, the question everyone wants answered. >> demeanor, are you gay? >> no. no. no. >> exclusive on "katie." >> jimmy: in florida -- and i know i shouldn't be surprised by anything that happens in florida anymore, but by this i am. a 10-year-old girl, her name is emma, submitted a school science project that involved three drug-sniffing dogs and an ounce of real cocaine. this sounds less like a science project and more like a raid on charlie sheen's bungalow on south beach. but it was a real project. her dad is a police detective, so he helped her get cocaine, i guess. the point of the project was to find out which of the three breeds of police dogs was best at sniffing the cocaine out. i bet it was the
armstrong out of the water. >> next week on "katie," parking lot security guard guillermo in his first televised interview since the scandal. >> you thought you had a friendship with a real chihuahua. >> that is correct, ms. katie couric. >> but was it a real chihuahua? >> no, it was a mix. of a chihuahua and a poodle. >> so it was a chi-poodle. >> it was. it was a chi-poodle. >> and later, the question everyone wants answered. >>...
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. >>> a source tells abc news that investigators are looking into criminal larges against lance armstrong. today is his last chance to come clean to investigators. armstrong is being investigated for obstruction of justice, witness tampering and intimidation. he confessed to lying and using performance enhancing drugs throughout his career. that all happened in that famous interview with oprah. armstrong is serving a lifetime ban from competitive sports. >>> it looks like there were concerns about the power in the superdome months before it went out. documents show that officials worried about an outage and spent hundreds of thousands on upgrades to power lines that were decade. but it wasn't enough as we saw sunday night. investigators still haven't pin pointed the exact cause of the outage. we do know it was not beyonce's hairdry hairdryer. >>> a sad scene in san francisco. 49ers players cleaned out their lockers yesterday and marked the official end of the season for the team. the players signed autographs and packed up their gear, some for a final time. quarterback colin kaepernick to
. >>> a source tells abc news that investigators are looking into criminal larges against lance armstrong. today is his last chance to come clean to investigators. armstrong is being investigated for obstruction of justice, witness tampering and intimidation. he confessed to lying and using performance enhancing drugs throughout his career. that all happened in that famous interview with oprah. armstrong is serving a lifetime ban from competitive sports. >>> it looks like...
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. >>> and abc news has learned that lance armstrong is the target of an active criminal investigation. federal agents are looking into possible obstruction of justice and witness tampering charges. today is the deadline for him to come clean, under oath, to anti-doping authorities if he wants his lifetime ban from sports reduced. >>> a wild scene in florida this morning. two people trapped inside the truck you see dangling off the side of a highway overpass in ft. lauderdale after it crashed. crews used a rope to secure the truck. brought in a tow truck to pull it in back off that ledge. a firefighter on a ladder secures everyone. one victim has been rushed to the hospital. no word on the condition of the driver. >>> finally, a whale of a story. actually, two of them. first, an american tourist off the coast of mexico got the surprise of his young life. take a look at that. >> oh. >> as a whale breached just beneath her boat and nearly jumped completely out of the water. nobody was hurt. everybody was absolutely stunned. and then, a couple canoeing in hawaii, treated to a very special
. >>> and abc news has learned that lance armstrong is the target of an active criminal investigation. federal agents are looking into possible obstruction of justice and witness tampering charges. today is the deadline for him to come clean, under oath, to anti-doping authorities if he wants his lifetime ban from sports reduced. >>> a wild scene in florida this morning. two people trapped inside the truck you see dangling off the side of a highway overpass in ft. lauderdale...